Andrii Sybiha

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Sybiha.

Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha (Андрій Іванович Сибіга; born 1 February 1975) is a Ukrainian statesman, diplomat, and jurist who became the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine^[1] and is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine since 5 September 2024.^[2]

Andrii Sybiha
Андрій Сибіга
Sybiha in 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2024
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal Yulia Svyrydenko
Preceded by	Dmytro Kuleba
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
In office 31 May 2021 – 12 April 2024
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukraine Ambassador to Turkey
In office 22 August 2016 – 19 May 2021
President	Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded by	Sergiy Korsunsky
Succeeded by	Vasyl Bodna
Personal details
Born	Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha (1975-02-01) 1 February 1975 (age 50) Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	University of Lviv
Occupation	Politician, diplomat
Awards

Early life

Andrii Sybiha was born in Zboriv, Ternopil Oblast. In 1997, he graduated from University of Lviv, as a specialist in international relations. He is fluent in English and Polish.^[1]

Career

From 2008–2012, he was an adviser-envoy of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Poland. In 2012–2016, he was the director of the Consular Service Department of MFA of Ukraine.^[2]

On 23 August 2016, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Turkey.^[3] On May 19, 2021, he was dismissed from his post by the decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.^[4]

On 31 May 2021, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.^[5] (On 11 February 2020 Andriy Yermak had been appointed Head of the President's Office.^[6])

At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sybiha was among the first to announce Ukraine's formal application to join the European Union. Following the resignation of foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba in September 2024, he was appointed by President Zelenskyy to succeed him. His appointment passed in the Verkhovna Rada with 258 votes in favor.^[2]

Awards

• Order of Merit, Third Class (August 21, 2020) — for a significant personal contribution to state building, socio-economic, scientific-technical, cultural-educational development of Ukraine, significant labor achievements and high professionalism^[7]
• Order of Merit, Second Class (December 22, 2021) — for significant personal contribution to strengthening international cooperation of Ukraine, many years of fruitful diplomatic activity and high professionalism^[8]